Despite the disillusionment of the day before and an elimination in the semi-finals against the United States, Canada concluded the Hlinka-Gretzky tournament on a good note on Saturday in Brno in Czech Republic.
The men of Mathieu Turcotte won the bronze medal by winning 3 to 0 against Finland. In a well -controlled match, goalkeeper Gavin Betts pointed out with a laundering of 22 stops.
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It was Cooper Williams who opened the score in the first period for the unifolié thanks to a beautiful staging by Colin Fitzgerald. Ethan Belchetz doubled the advance of his family in the second period, while Daxon Rudolph sealed the outcome of the meeting in a deserted net.
“The message of the coach staff was to forget yesterday’s defeat and play our best hockey today, and our group has managed to do so,” said Verhoeff. All the players of our team were ready from the first game, and we all fought vigorously, so I am really proud of our effort. It was a great pride to be the captain and to wear the colors of my country with this team, and today, we ended our tournament on a positive note, “said defender Keaton Verhoeff in a press release.
In addition, it was the United States that won the tournament for the second time in its history, having the top 5 to 3 against Sweden.